Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless liquid, CH3(CH2)3CH: CH2, prepared from hexyl chlorid and formed during the distillation of boghead coal or from superheated paraffin. It boils at. 68–70° C. Also called 5 -hexene.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also
hexene .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry A colourless liquid
hydrocarbon , C6H12, of theethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product ofdistillation of certaincoals . - noun chemistry Any of several
isomers of hexylene proper.
Etymologies
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hex- + -yl + ethylene.
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